Bread and Thread

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Two archaeology-grad/crafter friends discuss food and domestic history

Depression Glass
#121
Today at 2:38 AM

You may think this is glass for when you're sad, the ohoho!


The Dracula Cookbook
#120
06/01/2025

Vampire magic, and the fruit of the summer


Deer Parks
#119
05/18/2025

Deer parks, I love you


Netting
#118
05/04/2025

We have not achieved net zero. There are so many nets


Playgrounds
#117
04/20/2025

We're back, so let's go play outside and learn about the giant's stride


Alewives
#116
02/09/2025

Women? Running businesses?! We can't be having that!


L'Artusi
#115
01/26/2025

The father of modern Italian cooking, his life, his opus, and his minestrone soup


King Cake
#114
01/12/2025

Twelfth night traditions and army camp stew


Advent Calendars
#113
12/15/2024

What is an advent calendar? Why is an advent calendar? How do you evade taxes with cheese?


Whitework
#112
12/01/2024

It is embroidery time once again!


Rayon
#111
11/17/2024

Artificial, but green? But maybe not? But maybe?


Lee Miller
#110
10/20/2024

Sometimes you just have to get silly with it


Pistachios
#109
10/06/2024

Happy nut, smiling nut, green almond. It's time for the not-so-humble pistachio


Mulberries
#108
09/22/2024

Here we go round the mulberry bush...tree? Also, mooncakes!


Flax
#107
08/11/2024

You didn't think we were done with #flaxfacts did you?


Linen
#106
07/28/2024

Flax facts part one!


William Morris
#105
07/14/2024

Arts! Crafts! Wallpaper! Socialism?


Strawberries
#104
06/30/2024

Happy summer! It's time for strawberries and gazpacho


WW2 Clothes Rationing and Utility Clothing
#103
06/16/2024

We're back! It's time to learn about gasmask bags, illegal turnups, and Winston Churchill's custom onsie


Smocking
#102
04/21/2024

Don't get your clothes in a bunch! Or if you need to, make it pretty


Ambergris
#101
04/07/2024

What smells bad, is legally complicated, and is a key part of high-end perfumes?


Episode 100
#100
03/24/2024

We made it to 100 episodes!

This one's a bit different, as we answer your questions


Tiramisu
#99
03/10/2024

Episode Notes

This episode features wall to wall dessert controversy.

Local larder: tres leches


Shisha and Elytra Embroidery
#98
02/11/2024

More shiny things to put on clothing, and a new year soup


Sequins
#97
01/14/2024

Let's add some sparkle to the new year!


Tablet Weaving
#96
12/17/2023

Jimmy the Welsh Viking is back to tell us about tablet weaving


Julia Child
#95
12/03/2023

In which Liz decides they really need to watch Julie and Julia


Cockles
#94
11/19/2023

Enjoy a tiny shellfish, and a big layered bird


Company Towns
#93
11/05/2023

What's a model village when it's not a tiny town? How do you owe your soul to a company store? What would you eat in a logging camp?


Love Spoons
#92
10/22/2023

You've heard of spooning romantically? Now get ready for romantic spoons!


Sycamores
#91
10/08/2023

Since sycamores have been in the news, let's see exactly what they are


The Book of Margery Kempe
#90
09/24/2023

Mediaeval merchant, mystic, and pilgrim, and the subject of the earliest survivial autobiography in English


Opus Anglicanum
#89
09/10/2023

Time to discuss some mediaeval masterwork

V&A link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/opus-anglicanum-masterpieces-of-english-medieval-embroidery


Naan
#88
08/13/2023

Bread of kings and king of breads, it's time for naan


Stagecoaches
#87
07/30/2023

What's a coaching inn? Where did old-timey people put their luggage? What the heck is lutefisk? Answers to all these questions and more, this episode!


Resist Dyeing
#86
07/02/2023

Tie-dying and friends from around the world


Lark Rise to Candleford
#85
06/18/2023

This time, the book's a memoir. Let's get idyllic


Yeast
#84
06/04/2023

We round off our hat-trick of bread episodes by discussing that wonderful fungus, yeast


Sourdough
#83
05/21/2023

The breadening continues! Let's get sour


Sliced Bread and the Chorleywood Process
#82
05/07/2023

We finally talked about bread!